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The Second Days Celebration.

basket Of flowers for Mrs Cleveland.
The Second Days Celebration.
| On Friday, the second day of the Consti
tution's Centenary celebration at Philadel-
phia, reception was given Mr.. Cleveland at
the Commercial Exchange by the business
men of the city. Governor Beaver. Mayor
E!tler and q large number OF prominent bsl-
ness men wcro present. The President made
short address, in which he said:
II believe tho complete benefits promised to
the people by our form Of government can
only be secured by an exercise OF the same
spirit Of liberation for each others rights and
interests in which it had its birth This
spirit will prevail when the business men Of
the country cultivate political thought; when
they cease to eSchew partici ,>ation in political
guided by better motives than purely selfish
and exclusive benefit"
After his speech President Cleveland an
nounccd himself ready to meet the gentlemen
present, and one by one they walked up the
steps OF the rostrum and graspod his hand,
and then shook hands with Secretaries Bay
ard and Fairchild, ex-Prcsident Hayes, Gov
ernor Beaver, Mayor Filter, A. j. Drexel and
George w. Chids, who received with him.
After the reception the Presidential party
drove to the reviewing stand ut Broad and
Walnut streets to witness tho military par
ade. Mrs Cleveland and ladies Of her party
| saw the parade from the l.slcony Of the La-
| fayette Hotel.
The great military parade was headed by
Northumberland Philip b. Sheridan, COM
manding, and Immediately behind him came
the troops of the regular army, the officers
and sailors Of the North Atlantic squadron,
commanded by Admiral Luce, and the
marine battalion
Then came tho State troops in the order in
which the Statcs ratified The Constitution Of
| the United States or were admitted into the
Union. Governors headed their respective
State delegations as follows: Della
sylvania, Governor James A. Beaver;
New Jersey, Governor Robert S. Green;
Georgia, Governor John b. Gordon; Coanec-
ticut, Governor Phincas Z. Lounsbury; Mary
land, Governor Henry Lloyd; South Caro-
lima, Governor John r. Richardson; Virginia,
Governor Ftzhugh Leo; New York,
Governor David B. Hill; Ohio, Governor
Joseph B. Foraker; Iowa, Governor William
Larrabee.
The end of the parade was occupied by the
Grand Army Of the Republic, about I. .OOO
strong, and as each post passed in front OF
the stand its commander gave salute to the
President and was recognized. During the
time they were passing the President re-
mained standing, with his head uncovered,
The entire parade was the most successful
ever seen in modern times, and it would seem
that the height Of military perfection had
been reached by the troops OF the various
States. 1t would indeed be hard TO imagine
anything more Inspiring than $4,000 uni.
formed niilitiamen, all of whom we're headed
by regimental bands. The commanders OF
each turned "face about" as they reached the
Presidents stand, and with the cheers OF
Ia hp
music the throngs Of people were completely
enraptured.
To give an idea Of tho enormous proportions
Of the parade, it may be said thut the follow
ing is about the number Of men participating,
as near as could be judged from the stand as
they passed by: United States troops, 800;
Delaware, one full regiment; Pennsylvania,
1900; Georgia, 5U; Connecticut, 100; Massa-
chusetts, 1,200; Maryland, 1,OO; South
Carolina, $50; New Hampshire, $50; Virginia,
! 800; New York, 5000; North Carolina, so;
Rhode Island, 700; Ohio, one full regiment;
Maine, 4O0; West Virginia, 2OO; Iowa, SO;
District of Columbia, 500 Grand Army, 600,
making with their bands and other nearly 3d.
OoO. Besides the Governors of eleven States
! the only two surviving war Governors OF the
Eastern States (Andrew &. Curtin, Of Penn
sylvania, and Joel Parker, of New Jersey
were present. :,
Soon after the New York troops had
passed, Mrs Cleveland, Private Secretary La
mont and wife, Mr.. Drexel, and the others
who were with Mrs Cleveland on the Lafay-
ette Hotel balcony, retired, and were driven
to the Bellevue Hotel, where they took lunch
con with Mr. and Mrs. George w. Childs.
In the early part nf the evening Mr.. Cleve-
land attended a dinner given by the Clover
Club, Philadelphia's best known social or
ganization. He made short speech, but, IN
accordance with the unique custom OF the
Club, was interrupted frequently with out
bursts of raillery and good-humo:ed re-
marks.
The reception to President Cleveland and
Mrs. Cleveland at the Academy Of Music In
the evening was crowded. Fully 10, 600 per-
sons had entered the building before the
President had grasped the hand OF the last
conner. Every one was in evening dreS, and
the scene presented was one Of unusual bril-
lance The immense building was beauti.
fully decorated with flags, flowers, cut and
growing plants, and the galleries and boxes
were festooned with ribbon.
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland,
accompanied by Justices Harlan and
Miller, Secretaries Bayard and Fair
child, Colonel Lamont and Mrs La
mont, R. B. Hayes Hannibal Hamlin
and Mrs. Hamlin, Mayor Filter, and others,
arrived at about Q, and took a position at the
rear end of the stage. The Hon. John A. Kas-
son, of Iowa, President Of the Centennial Com.
mission, acted as manager of ceremonies, and
ushered in Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop
Ryan, and the visiting diplomats; then the
officers of the army, navy and militia, under
the lead of Lieuteaant-General Sheridan, and
then the rest Of the audience,
and it was nearly midnight be-
fore the handshakiug was over and the worn
out visitors allowed to 20 to their hotel Mrs.
Cleveland was clad in a beautiful white satin
gown, with ostrich trimming. In her hair
She wore several clusters of diamonds